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She had a relationship with John Edwards.

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Lydia Bevins
1840-????

Bessie Smith
1914-



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Historical events

  • The temperature on April 10, 1914 was between 8.7 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
    • March 7 » Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign as King.
    • August 5 » In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
    • August 14 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive designed to recover the lost province of Moselle from Germany.
    • October 19 » First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
    • December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.


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Marsha Fenstermacher - Binkley, "From Castles to America", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/from-castles-to-america/I18858.php : accessed June 4, 2024), "Bessie Smith (1914-)".